Saturday, March 11, 2017

1965: The Beatles finished the filming of the movie Help! in the Bahamas.1965: James Darren was a guest voice (as "Jimmy Darrock") on the season finale of The Flintstones on ABC-TV.1966: Wilson Pickett latched onto #1 on the R&B chart with "634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.)".

Friday, March 10, 2017

1963: The Rolling Stones recorded five tracks at IBC Recoding Studio in London with engineer Glyn Johns, who produced the session, in the hopes of landing a recording contract. (Note: some websites report the date of recording as January 28, but according to 'StonesSessions.com', Rolling Stones fan sites, and our best research, the songs were recorded on March 11.)

1964: After completing the train scenes over the last several days, the Beatles continued to work on the movie A Hard Day's Night, filming "I Should Have Known Better" at Twickenham Studios in London.1965: Tom Jones scored the first of 16 #1 songs in the U.K. with "It's Not Unusual".1966: The BBC television show Ready Steady Go was devoted entirely to James Brown.

1967: "Yesterday" by the Beatles became the most covered version in history with 446 versions since the Fab Four released it in 1965. As of June, 2014, that number had grown to over 4,000.

Wednesday, March 8, 2017

1959: "It's Just A Matter Of Time" by Brook Benton climbed to #1 on the R&B chart.1960: Since Elvis Presley had returned from service in the United States Army, the movie Jailhouse Rock was re-released. (Note: some websites state that the film was re-released to coincide with Presley's discharge. As explained earlier on 'Inside The Rock Era', (see March 5 on Calendar*), Presley left active service on March 5, but he was not officially discharged from the Army Reserve until 1964.)

Tuesday, March 7, 2017

1961: That hard-working group the Beatles did three shows today, their usual lunchtime performance at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, England and concerts at the Aintree Institute and Hambleton Hall in Liverpool.

1962: The Beatles made their debut on the BBC in Great Britain on Teenager's Turn (recorded the night before), performing "Dream Baby", "Maybelline" and "Please Mr. Postman".

Sunday, March 5, 2017

1951: Ivor Novello, singer and composer from Wales, died of of coronary thrombosis in London at age 58. The annual British songwriter award is named after him.1958: The Everly Brothers recorded "All I Have to Do is Dream".1961: "Shop Around" by the Miracles was the #1 song on the R&B chart for the eighth week.1962: Frank Sinatra recorded his final session with Capitol Records in Hollywood, California. He then recorded exclusively for his own Reprise label.

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I worked at KFXD-AM & FM in Boise, Idaho for 10 years, serving as Research Director, Music Director and Sports Director among other things. During this time, I researched, organized and produced several music specials including The Top 500 Songs of All-Time and The Top 100 Artists of the Rock Era.
I started Inside The Rock Era in 2011 to counter the sea of misinformation about rock music in general and specifically which songs, albums and artists were the most successful. Since that time, Inside The Rock Era has received over one million page views.
I am the author of two books, The Top 500 Songs of the Rock Era* and The Top 100 Female Artists of the Rock Era*, both available in softcover and Kindle on Amazon and on this website.